Rhyl 3-0 Afan Lido AFAN LIDO must be sick of the sight of Andy Moran who fired two more goals past them to put Rhyl just a point behind leaders TNS in the title race.

Rhyl 3-0 Afan Lido AFAN LIDO must be sick of the sight of Andy Moran who fired two more goals past them to put Rhyl just a point behind leaders TNS in the title race.

Moran, the League's leading scorer, took his season's tally to 35. He has now netted five times against Lido in the five encounters between the clubs this term.

It was Moran who snatched the Lilywhites' late winner in last Saturday's 2-1 Welsh Cup quarter final so the visitors were looking for revenge.

But although they showed plenty of commitment, Lido lacked penetration in the penalty area and it was Rhyl that carved out all the first half chances.

Moran was unlucky not to open his account in the fourteenth minute when he curled a 20 yard drive against the bar. Two minutes later, Marc Limbert's free kick cannoned off the Lido wall to James Brewerton who stabbed the ball at keeper Brian Thomas.

Moran crossed from the left in the 20th minute for Steve Walter to head narrowly over the bar while in a rare Lido attack, Paul Evans volleyed over from 20 yards.

Another dangerous cross from Moran found Brewerton in the goal mouth again but he miscued his shot straight at the keeper. It was a case of third time lucky for Brewerton in the 33rd minute when he tapped the ball into an empty net after Thomas had fumbled Limbert's high cross under pressure.

Lido centre-back Phil Holmes was booked for a foul on Moran just before the break and 10 minutes after the interval he was shown a second yellow card for bringing down the striker.

From the resulting free-kick, Moran headed home from eight yards. Morgan wrapped it up with a fierce 16 yard drive in the 66th minute.